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On Wednesday 22 November 2006 13:43, Ben Goodger wrote: > On 22/11/06, David Bell <grimpen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wednesday 22 November 2006 12:47, Simon Waters wrote: > > > My suspicion is that many GNU/Linux boxes aren't rebooted often enough, > > > > .... > > > > Even in my limited desktop experience I believe this to be a valid > > observation > > Simon. Rebooting after performing an an update etc. has always been the > > norm > > for GNU/Linux as far as I'm concerned. > > Er, no... the norm has always been to reload the service that was updated > (usually done by APT) and then continue. In the world of Joe User, this > should be constrained to logging in and out again if the update is > major-ish, or just carrying on as normal otherwise. No - the norm, as far as I'm concerned (as I said above) is to reboot. Thus agreeing with Simon ;) -- W. Devon --------------- A GNU/Linux user -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html